Degree

Degree may refer to:

As a unit of measurement

Degree (angle), a unit of angle measurement
- Degree of geographical latitude
- Degree of geographical longitude
Degree symbol (°), a notation used in science, engineering, and mathematics
Degree (temperature), any of various units of temperature measurement
Degree API
, a measure of density in the petroleum industry
Degree Baumé
, a pair of density scales
Degree Brix
, a measure of sugar concentration
Degree Gay-Lussac
, a measure of the alcohol content of a liquid by volume, ranging from 0° to 100°
Degree proof
, or simply proof, the alcohol content of a liquid, ranging from 0° to 175° in the UK, and from 0° to 200° in the U.S.
Degree of curvature, a unit of curvature measurement, used in civil engineering
Degrees of freedom (mechanics), the number of displacements or rotations needed to define the position and orientation of a body
Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry), a concept describing dependence on a countable set of parameters
Degree of frost, a unit of temperature measurement
Degrees Lintner
, a measure of enzymatic activity
Degrees Lovibond
, a measure of transparency
Degree of unsaturation, in organic chemistry, also known as the index of hydrogen deficiency or rings plus double bonds
dGH, degrees of general hardness of water
Degree of carbonate hardness of water (degree KH)

Degree of a polynomial, the exponent of its term with the highest exponent
Degree of a field extension
Degree of an algebraic number field, its degree as a field extension of the rational numbers
Degree of an algebraic variety
Degree (graph theory), or valency, the number of edges incident to a vertex of a graph
Degree of a continuous mapping, a generalization of winding number
Degrees of freedom, the number of parameters of a system that may vary independently
Degree of a character
in representation theory
Degree of unsolvability
in recursion theory
Degree of a central simple algebra
Degree of a permutation group
, the number of elements that are permuted
Degree of a differential equation
, the power of the highest derivative therein
Degree of a $n$ th root

Academic degree, an academic rank, title or award

Vocational degree

, an award in vocational education

Degree (music), identification of a note in a scale by its relation to the tonic
Degree of inventiveness
in inventions and patents
Degree of separation
in connectivity between groups (first degree is closest)
Degree of relationship, in kinship
between individuals (first degree is closest)
- Consanguinity, or level of kinship
Comparison (grammar) - degrees of comparison include positive, comparative, and superlative (e.g. "good", "better", and "best", respectively)
The severity of a crime, e.g.,
first degree murder
(first degree is worst)
The intensity of a
burn
(the higher the worse)
A level of initiation, often used in fraternal organizations
A ranking of black belt, in certain martial arts

Degree (freemasonry)
Degree of Knights Templar (Freemasonry), a special case of a degree in freemasonry